The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ross Hooley & Tom Statham finished 350th of 398 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:32:03.
The runs carried this race: faster than 24% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:57 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:44 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Manchester. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:03.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:24Running 1 4:00v median +0:13
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Block 02 8:51Running 2 6:04v median +0:54
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Block 03 12:10Running 3 7:38v median +2:05
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 6:41v median +1:03
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Block 05 11:26Running 5 6:28v median +0:38
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Block 06 8:38Running 6 6:52v median +1:08
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Block 07 11:24Running 7 6:15v median +0:34
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Block 08 14:45Running 8 5:22v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:15
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 391
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 391 men's teams who finished.